Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She loved the way you could stride on to any stage with that easy cat-like walk of yours and instantly dominate the place . |
| 2 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
| 4 | Cut the power and pull back the yoke fully , whereupon the Aircoupe will slow down to 50 mph and , because you ca n't stall it , will nod and mush downwards , the full-span ailerons remaining effective throughout . |
| 5 | Can you zoom in on that window then ? |
| 6 | You can zoom in on any area of the design by positioning a BOX around that area . |
| 7 | Here senior police officers sit in a windowless room , facing a bank of video-monitors and operating , by remote control , TV cameras which can zoom in on any area of the terraces or stands . |
| 8 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 9 | Can you cash in on unwanted space or possessions ? |
| 10 | The one-sided affair ought to have seen the hosts cash in on early superiority , even before Booth struck in the 31st minute to break the deadlock with a well-placed glancing header off Darren Ferguson 's corner . |
| 11 | And if you want to collect ready made salad type things from M&S I am sure you can eat in on some evenings by arrangement , depending on our social plans . |
| 12 | The LIFESPAN Manager account ( Section 1.2.1 ) on each of the remote nodes provides these privileges , so you should log in to this account on each of the remote nodes . |
| 13 | The LIFESPAN Manager account ( Section 1.2.1 ) provides these privileges , so you should log in to this account . |
| 14 | All brood parasites show a range of fascinating adaptations in support of their unorthodox life style , but the best-known and most fully studied is undoubtedly the European cuckoo which is the species we shall concentrate on in this chapter . |
| 15 | If your players do n't latch on to such throwaways first time , too bad . |
| 16 | There are always gon na be a a set of of people in any area who erm who will latch on to racist attitudes and racist acts if if someone comes in waving that as an you know , as an organized activity . |
| 17 | If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ? |
| 18 | When Catherine died , she was all I had left , but you ca n't hang on to young people … they 're not an insurance against loneliness in old age . |
| 19 | Oh could you hang on to that lot a minute . |
| 20 | She longed to get home , to question her mother , but her brain would not let her hang on to these indulgences . |
| 21 | The wilfulness of human nature can be deceitful , and we can hang on to old ways like cherished thoughts or possessions . |
| 22 | Flupper would pretend to skid and go out of control : it was terrific — we 'd hang on like grim death to the rope . |
| 23 | Maybe this idea could catch on for older properties ? |
| 24 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 25 | Few would have dared to predict in the late 1960s that duvets would ever catch on in this country , but today it would be hard to find a British household that does n't have one . |
| 26 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 27 | The wonderful thing about literature is that great poetry can chime in on any thought or experience . |
| 28 | yeah , will you turn round straight please so I can clip in at this side good gir |
| 29 | So we do n't jump in with both feet . |
| 30 | ‘ I see it as culminating in an annual event , perhaps a convention and a festival which would tie in with other events like Africa Oye . |